>> i am shannon greenn in for chris chris wallace. more questions than answers after a terrorist attack against the u.s. was foiled. are leaks about the covert operation hurting national security? we'll ask senator dianne feinstein, chairman on national intelligence. we'll talk politics with republican senator john thune who some believe is a top contener in the vp stakes. senators feinstein and thune on "fox news sunday". the president changes his mind on gay marriage. how does it play out in september with voters right now

on "fox news sunday". happy mother's day from fox news in washington. this year in a joint operation with saudi arabia managed to thwart a terrorist attack. we'll have senator dianne feinstein. welcome back to "fox news sunday". >> thank you, shannon. >> the latest information where al-qaida is headquarters. word of two drone attacks that took out militants. what is your information with al-qaida in that region? >> i think the sense is, i know the sense is, aqap is the number one threat to your country. there are efforts to get at the bomb maker of this nonmetallic bomb that may be able to go through mag notom meters and the fact that the bomb was recovered

intact was a substantial victory and impressive win for the sy. we have to devote our resources to end it could become error complicated. >> the information that leaked out. there are concerns on both sides of the aisle on your counter part in the house mike rogers was upset that it could disred the opportunities and could be a crime . is is what defense secretary leon panetta. >> you have to protect the people and the confidence and the classification and the covert nature of this coined of work. when these leaks take place, i can't tell you how much they damage our ability to pursue intelience efforts. >> what kind of investigation

should be launched in to how the information was leaked? >> a big one. this was serious. the operation was closely held and sy, f.b.i. and homeland security and tsa. so a limited number of people knew about it. general procedure would have the chairman and the vice chairman of each of the intelligence committees briefed during the attack or prior to it. this was not the case. there was no briefing. apparently the leak came to an ap reporter, the government called and asked that the story be held and the story was held what this does, it certainlyed . jeopardizes the asset and jeopardizes our ability to relate for other countries and other countries to help us and gives a tip off to aqap to be

more careful about who they use as couriers and bombers and so the leak did endanger sources and methods, and the leak i think has to be prosecuted and so the investigation is being done and hopefully cuded and criminal charges will go to the department of justice. >> you touched on something about whether or not the bomb would have been inspected. you talked about tsa. there is debate about the current screening technology would have picked this up. janet napolitano. yes, it would have been detected. but you said this. this would have been an undetectible bomb coming in on an american airliner in the u.s.. based on what you know, are you confident in our screening technology. >> for this particular material,

candidly no. i can't say that i am. the pat down is better than the magnatom meter. this particular kind of explosive nonmetallic is not easily detectible and why abdulmutallab wore it in his wirped way so he would not be patted down sufficiently to detect it. that is a problem and something tsa has to grapple wi. most travelers are. most say i will go with the flow and i recognize the need and therefore i don't mind being patted down. i am in that category but not everybody is. so i came from afghanistan last week along with my colleagues on the intelligence committee through dubai and there

screening was very heavy. you pass throughh magnatometers and opened hand luggage at the gate and look for gun powdernd things on your hands . so there was a big pat down with addional security. it was very evident. and having said that you can't maintain that all of the time. and so i think it is very important that tsa keeps up the efforts and that we americans who travel a lot understand what is at stake. when you see the number of people on these large planes, you are aware of the fact that this is really necessary to do and particularly right now. i am hopeful that we will be ab to candidly kill this bomb maker and kill some of his associates, because there is a

dangerous process in play at the present time. >> you mentioned that you just returned from afghanistan and want to talk about news out of there as well a former taliban min mr. #2: er who was involved in the peace process was gunned down. the taliban said it is not responsible. you expressed concerns about the taliban and the fact that we are transitioning out. what is your take on the state >> militarily, i think general allen is doing a great job. militarily, i think that the taliban are not going to beat us. but the taliban has a shadowy presence with shadowy governors and controlled third of the land which people live and expanded in the north, and into the northeast, and while we were there in one province they closed 14 schools in 17

districts and then they killed five education officials and woundeds-- wounded others and now the latest assassination of someone who was a leader in the peace council. what this does is demonstrate that the taliban are just waiting to come back, i don't think that can be dispensed with . we spent time with president karzai, he said afghanies will not let the taliban come back. i met with woman parlimentarians and they were strong against it. but the question comes, can they come back? they are taxing the poppy in the south to the tune of 125 million dollars which in 2011, this is the united nations figure went to support their operations. they have a safe harbor in pakistan and the pakistanies are

doing nothing to abate that safe harbor. so it's a big problem and i think that the key to afghanistan is really action by pakistan with respect to the hakan i . with respect to thital ban and eliminate safe havens for terrorist. >> general allen talked about the focus for the afghan forces is to make sure they are ready and knowing that we are leafing, are you concerned about our time line and plans for withdrawal. >> two things that came through as positive in your visit. according to general allen 362,000 mark of trained afghan military will be met. he said they are doing veryy well and they are in the lead in many missions and they are carrying it out upon -- with

alacritty and talent. and second thing school girls with white scarves and coming out of school and one holding a small sister by the hand and laugh holding hand and walking down the street and i remember the day when acid was thrown in the face of young girls going to school and to see that change is really quite wonderful. 40 percent of the students in school in afghanistan are girls . and i think that is just great. >> we'll turn to domestic issues. first of all, i want to read you's quote from 2008. it says this. i believe a marriage between a man and woman and i am not in favor of gay marriage. that was senator barack obama and this is what he said this week with a weekend with robin roberts. >> i just concluded for me

personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> a significant change between those two statements. has he flip flopped on this issue? >> i don't thinkk it is it a flip flop and there is no political cal cuulous in this. because it is not smart from a politicall point of view it doesn't make sense. from a personal point of view. i can tell you what happened. it happened to me. you get to know more and more depay couples and see the happy economic security that marriage brings and even more fundmentally you can see children who otherwise would not have an adapted home being able to have that home. and so same-sex couples raise children. they do a fine job and i think

when you see this and it has happened in california, more and more people say, what is wrong with people being happy? >> let's turn to j.p. morgan. a loss of two billion dollars described by some as a hem that - hedge that went wrong. there is talk of more monies. this was not government money or customer money. should washington get involved in this transaction that within wrong? >> this is a big surprise. the bank is well respected and well led and to have this coined much a loss from hedging activities is a big surprise it points out that there is no rules of the road for hedging and derivatives. the bill provides for it but it hasn't taken place. and now you have what i would consider an enormous loss in a

high profile, very good investment bank. it is a danger signal that the rules need to get set by the fcc and consumer finance commission. >> another topic. it is 1130 days since the budget passed the senate. where does the blame lie for that. >> we have a budget. numbers are solid and i am a appropriator and my appropriation committee which is energy and water gets an alhoication based on the budget law that we passed. it is passed and functioning. there is no annual budget and that is true in that sense. but the allocations have gone out. my bill passed out of committee and i think there are four senate appropriation bills out of the committee and nothing has

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nicely on the republican vip ticket. >> good morning,. >> before the break you may have heard us talking with senator feinstein about j.p. morgan losing two billion in credit derivatives. you voted against the bill . senator feinstein said if it was fully enacted it would have revented a situation like this. why shouldn't washington empower the regulators to get involved. >> first of all we don't know the facts about this was tected by the company and j.p. morgan-chase is a company that is well respected in the industry. and the issue of dodd frank impacts systemically risky institution but a lot of bank in south dakota. i voted against it. and piles a lot of things on the smaller banks. but the institutions like the

big banks it is important to get to do it to limit their risk and protect themselves and their balance sheets as well. this issue will be talked about probably for days ahead here . at least right now we mede all of the facts before we jumpp to conclusions about further need for regulation . dodd frankk was a sweeping regulation and much interperted by the and we need to give them an opportunity to do the job before we move forward with additional regulation that could make it dealt for financial institutions to do their yob. >> another headline this week. gay marriage. the president supports the right of gay couple to for gay marriage. 51 percent of the americans

approve of his position compared to 45 percent that disapprove . 30 percent said they will likely vote for him. he had this to say to fund raisers, it was a logical extension of what america is. are we a country that treats everybody fairly and welcoming to people that are not like us. i want to ask about mitt romney. he's clearly in marriage of one woman and one man. how does he address the concerns so he is not unfair or welcoming to fellow americans? >> i just think that this is an issue which there is great difference in the definition. like so many other issues on the campaign. i think governor romney's position is clear from the time he was governor in massachusetts. the president has changed his possession more than once from a state senator and running for office and what we heard this

last week. the view that governor romney has on marriage is held by the people in the country. over 30 states defined marriage as between a man and woman. that is going to be discuss one of the differences . the biggest difference is the view that the president has and governor romney has. how to fix the economy and get people back to work. that is on the mind of most americans f. you look at the economic record that this president has, you have 399 straight months of 8 percent unemployed or more . fuel has fueled and health insurance gone up 25 percent . college tuition has gone up 25 percent. that's the economic record that most people will judge this president by after three and half years. governor romney has a different

idea of how to take the country. that is a bright line that defines the candidates as we go in the november electionn and the issue that compels most americans to come out and support governor romney. >> the president said in congress saying you haven't got anything done. and he's giving you a to do list. this is part of the weeklyy address. >> we tried ll ideas for a deck aid and it didn't work out so we can't go back to the same policies that got us into this mess . we have to move forward. >> the first item isax credit companies that helps them go to the u.s. and tax breaks and incentatives . cover the cost of oversees. grassly said republicans wouldn't go along with cutting

the tax rate that helps those moving businesses out of the u.s.. why not? >> the question you have to ask shannon in response to the president's speech. he's had three and half years to put prescriptions in place to get t economy back on track. all of the sudden he comes out with a to do l with congress. it is many of his policies that got us in this ditch and we need to get out of the ditch and the way to get out of the ditch is not double down on the things he's done. it it is the most massive expansion of government that we have seen. we need a different vision for the country and starts with ending the policies that the president put in place and which is why we came out with a stop list . said you need to stop the job killing regulations that are strangling smallusiness and

stop putting in tax increases and stop blocking the key stone pipe line and put people to work in this counselry and stop the divisive class warfare rhetoric that is so counter productive when we are talking about growing the economy. the president's ideas are fine and g good and a rehash of what we heard before. but more personly where is he in the last three and half years and we have 39 consective month was record amount of debt and spend expansion of government at a time when we ought to be creating job in the private economy. that is why governor romney has a opportunity to make a different case for the american people and direction for the country. >> the white white will say republicans are obstructionist and that is why it is not getting done on capitol hill.

we want to talk to you about a primary electioning richard lugar who was defeated by richard murdoch and following the defeat senator lugar critize murdoch unreulentting partisan mind set and predict he will not get anything done. do you worry about losing that indiana seat in the fall? i don't. i think he will win. he's run state wide. and we are confident about our prospects in the state of the indiana and arownn the country for many of the reasons i mentioned. people are voting on the economy and jobs and what hay see in the u.s. senate led by democrats is the fact that we haven't passed a budget in three years and it is very dysfunctional and more recently a place where the presidential campaign is litigate move the presidentiall

campaign to the floor of the united states senate. there are votes about nothing but political messages and the buffet rule and the interest rate on student loans and we all gree needs to be addressed and they want to do it in a way that the republicans can't support. and the floor of the united states senate and the reason it is not functioning today it is about political gimmicks rather than solving problems and people who are run nothing the country including mr. murdoch are talking about spending and jobs and economy which are all things that are on the hearts and minds of the american people. we need people who come to washington that are serious about the challenges. they would welcome voting on a budget and does something about tax reform and deals with fundmental challenges that frankly that is not happening today. i hope we get a enfusion in nov that helps us to set an agenda

and take us in a different direction and work with a republican president who is inte on solve fixing problemms rather thann running for election and using campaign gimmicks. >> this is what reid said about the prospect of murdoch coming to capt apt hill and critizes the tea party. now we need more people who are willing to do nothing but fight. is there roomm for compromise in the u.s. senate today? >> of course there is. and that's what we are going to have to bring the two sides together. but we have to recognize and define what the problem is. the democrats seem to believe that we don't have enough revenues. and the way that you get people back to work and grow the economy is to empower the maul business and make it less expensive and difficult to create jobs and what we have seen out of the president and

his allies in congress. their idea is to grow and expand the size of the government. and we have to recognize we have a spending problem. we are spending more than the entire economy, more than 25 percent than we have spent since the end of world war ii. we have to recognize and driving spending and medicaid and social security and food stamps and the mandatory part of the budget is addressed. and if we are going to save social security and medicare it is a conjectory that puts us on a sustainable path. that is the way we'll get the economy and country back on track and fiscal house in order. that's what a lot of the candidates are talking about. there is room for compromise and negotiation in the united states senate. but we have to recognize we a spending problem and not a revenue problem in the country

and that is what needs to be addressed and we hope to get leadership out of the white house and why we are working hard to get depov gov romney elected. >> here's what one political expert said about you. >> you have solid conservative credentials where romney is perceived not conservative enough. it is a good move to have thune by romney's side and make a good ticket, senator? >> llook. now that governor romney is the nominee of the party, he and his team will look at various people. i have high level of confident and seen him and his organization. he puts good people around him . he will have a number of good people to choose from. we respect that process and i want to work with a president who is serious about getting us back on the right track.

we can't stay on the track or we are headed toward europe. and we need a new president and hope we can get the majority of the senate with him. i hope to partner with a president romney and his administration in the united states senate to get serious. both toward a growing economy and creating jobs and getting debt under control. >> if you could make that happen by being number two, would you say yes or no. >> you never rule out options and opportunities. and you don't close those options. but in my view i have a job in the united states senate and i think i can make a difference there and working with a republican president to do reallyy good things for the country . that's my job that i have. i don't aspire to anything else and the campaign team will

carefully vet folks that they are looking at and we have a lot of good options out there and hope to contribute in the ticket this fall, not only for the presidency but in the united states senate where a lot of the battles are fought in the years ahead if we get leadership that lead us and not run away and distract and talk about the issues with what is ailing the country and needs to be fixed if we create a brighter future for your concern and grandchildren. >> no secret around town that you are an lite lite. we see you playing in a basketball charity tournament in georgetown and watch as you drain one. if you and president obama went one on one, who would win? >> i think the president has a good game, shannon and i am waiting for my invitation to

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>> you am have a chance to have your voice heard on the issue of making sure that everybody regardless of sex orientation is dreeted fairly. >> marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. >> you heard president obama post eflusionn and romney. time for our sunday group. brit hume fox analyst and liz marlantes christian science mon identity are and paul paul gigot. and juan williams. juan what do you make of this is it a plus or minus. >> if you look at the poll numbers it is a wash. most say it is not impacting the way they vote. but more people are less locly

to vote for the president than more likelyy to vote for the president. i look at the democratic base and excites the young americans who don't have a problem with gay marriage. where it will cause a problem is older social conservative overwhelmingly republicans that don't vote for him. but think about the socially conservative states like virginia, wisconsin and potentially michigan, and that could be a problem where you have a large -- not large. but independent voters who have doubts . with africa-american voters, it is still the case, most africa-american do not support gay marriage. are they willing to not show up in the polls in support of president obama? >> you will see in the polling after the president's announcement. 55 percent of the

africa-americans still oppose the gay marriage. you mentioned independents that could be impacted. this is after the gall up and shows that 23 percent of the independent and 10 percent of the democrats say this will make them ls likely to vote for the president. do you think it will matter in the fall? >> i don't think it will be decisive. i think it would matter in swing states, and some of the conservative states that the president is targeting and want to win like north carolina and major virginia. i agree with juan on some thingings. >> i like it >> and the only question is whether it is going to happen after the election or before. i give him credit for before. >> was it forced by the vice-president. >> i think what we hav learned within the last week they were gog to do this but plan to do

closer to the convention. it helps mitt romney because it means that a lot of conservative and especially culturally conservative base are more motivate this will motivate them. >> he made that commencement address in the liberty university. rom noship run with this and spen time and invest in this social issue. yeah. and i think romney is not going to do that. it was striking on fridayy, he was in north carolina and just voted overwhelmingly banned gay marriage. it makes both sides nervous. it can change so fast. up until 2009 gay marriage is increased one percent a year . that is a huge shift. and makes both sides feel unsure

as to how the system plays out . a lot of the swing states that are crucial in this election for banning gay marriage and some of the states did it back in 2004. it is a different landscape and there is a lot of uncertainty. they don't know how it is going to shake out. >> there is a reason to distrust the national polling. we look at it. it looks like the polling supports gay marriage and look at what is happening state by state, you are getting a different picture. what people say to polsters and they kind of a civil right's issue and a country you don't want to be thwarting civil rights. you may tell a polster one thing but that may not be how you vote. it mines how people are going to vote. and a net minus for the

president and not just for that reason but this looks so negatively political. it is not einvolved but revolved. hoe said he was in favor of gay marriage and running for office he was against it and stayed that way until now. it is as paul was describing. they plan to roll it out f maximum political advantage. we are in a position he held and with held. what did he say? i am forethis and want to make it possible everywhere. you get behind legislation to do that and to advance a constitutional amendment. he will not do anything apparently to advance a position to get political gain. as people look at that. it may further the impression which the president suffers from far from being a leader that he

turns out to be just another politician doing what politicians do. >> who all things this. once they go in the voting booth. >> i think it is it a balance 34 times since the mid1990s. and so it right. and a lot of those were five or 10 years ago . some things are changing and as recently as last week. 61 or 35 percent. that is a constitution and marriage is between a man and a woman. and there is something to what rick said. actually now that the president is saying this is what hoe believes. everybody knew this is what hoe believed and these are the people who paid attention and oy. at heast that is out there and

you are finally being honest. and that he took a position that we now know he did. and didn't believe in and held it for all of that time. >> that is a typical pol cision. that is not good for him. and truly what he thinks. >> and why wouldn't he want to do something approximate it? >> i think that the reason is, he was out and his position way back in running in illinois and filled out a questionnaire, he favored gay marriage and changed and can't afford politically to get out in front of the evolving mission. >> what a profile. >> and i look at what brit said. if it was an absolute right issue. why aren't you saying it is a ri. he said it is up to the states. i think that is a key point for

mitt romney's position . it is a ban on gay marriage and president obama's justice department. and ended don't ask, don't tell in the military and president obama is saying here and i am leaving it up to the states. that is different than saying back in the 60s. africa-american and civil rights is left up to the states f. it was left up to the states. i don't think it would have passed. and the president's position i political. but is it the right stand and given the bigotry of gay people in our society . a lack of employment opportunity and the stigmization. and all of us have had to evolve and the president saying he evolves is showing the difficult issue. >> pause for a moment and taking a quick break. when we come back, we'll talk

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>> there is no question but i did stupid things when i was in high school and obviously if i hurt anyone by virtue of that i would be sorry and apologize for it. >> governor mitt romney talking about playing pranks. and it was a subject of a long washington postarcticle. does the campaign bear responsibility because ann romney talking about a frankster. >> we heard from his pranks and hijinx and they put out there. and i was wondering what are they talking about. and what do they mean pranks and

a washington post story came out. i don't think anybody wants to hold presidential candidates accountable for what they do in high school. how he responded did matter. i think he missed an opportunity here. it was a disturbing story to read. four people that were deeply troubled. and showed a side . even if no one believes he has the mean side there was an opportunity to come forward and show largeness of spirit and character . by saying he didn't remember and offering a apology for something he doesn't remember. i just think that romney's biggest problem is not that people think he is mean but he is what people think insincere. >> did it a warrant a front page arcticle. >> if this was connected it was

not a prank, it was haze mean and i don't have doubt about the truth of the stoir store. but the problem of the story is the utter failure of the post to connect it to anything else in romney's life and career. it if this is where you get the first example of the mean streak and take advantage of people who are in a weak position . there was nothing. this at booking length and enormous splash and all about a one incident and disconnected from anything else we know and liz suggested about romney. i think it was much idoabout not much. you have to wonder what a editor of the newspaper thinking. editors do express editorial opinion by the way they play the story and what length. this obviously struck the editor

of the washington post as a big deal. and you have to wonder what kind of new's judgment they have if they really think that. liz cites romney's failure to respond in her view, has begin strength to the story. but that couldn't have entered into whathe post reported. they didn't have the reaction. i think the story if it was played on an inside page it might have been appropriate. but the way it was handled ridiculous. >> there is a back lash . different versions that ran in the washington post relate to one of the individuals quote this is two different versions . we report and you decide. i always enjoyed hises and a popular friend of romney was bothered about the incident. the young man who was held down and hair cut off.

i enjoyed the panks . said he was disturbed by the incident. since hearing about it >> he heard about it in the washington post? >> right. that is the version . there was never a correction that ran and paul, do they he an obligation? >> it would have helped them if they had done that. i have as an editor and i sympathize with them on that point. and the reason they went with this is because the rest of the 5,000 words were so boring. 5,000 word of nothing but high school. he went to an elite prep school and happy go lucky guy and leader of the prankster group, and so what. and this is all they found and they put it up front and made more than it is. in terms of politics if this is

the worst thing that american people find out about mitt romney in the next five months, he would be a happy man. >> the story was upset the portrayal of john is factually incorrect and we are aggrved that he is used to further a political agend a. there will be no more comments from the family. that is their take. >> it is difficult for the family to see and they don't like him disparaged or his light cast in a single -- and they don't want it viewed for political purposes like they said. in this thing, what strikes me, people want to know the brit said you know, this was bully hazing. but the question is whether or not the newspaper acted in such a way to advance the democrats

agenda in this and they took advantage of the larger national discussion of gay rights and the president saying he was in favor of gay marriage to come out. >> had this story been in the works? >> it had. they expedited to take advantage. moment and the way they did it. i am concerned that it looked like they were simply working for the obama white house and that is why people are especially right wing people say why is the post making the decision. and so much spin coming from the political camp . people look for reality and this one feeds the idea of mitt romney and prep school and out of touch guy and it is why it is personal favorability .

obama is way ahead of that. >> long-term attack on romney. >> if you are the reporter tasked with interviewing mitt romney's class mates and find a portrayal . five of them tell you a incident that is -- >> four on the record and one off of the record. >> one of the four was misquoted that he had long held. >> anyway, they got a lot of people on the record that brought the incident up and going to do it. >> front page and that length. >> as a reporter if your job is to interview class mates and they bring it up, of course you are going to report on it. it is not like something that is just insignificant. and the larger problem for romney and we talked about is the entire issue and likeability and his gap up.

obama 60 and mitt romney 45. and his handling did notelp. >> it is a mild warning not to run on his biography. but he needs to run a theme. and the administration and president will try to take him down in t was a reputation as a businessman and purpose. if he has something larger, that will hurt him. >> does anyone think we will see pieces on the president? >> for the washington post? >> maybe not the washington post. >> my view is, he's been president and what he's running on. >> thank you very much, panel. see you next week. don't forget to check out panel plus and the group will pick up with this discussion on the website on fox newssunday.com. make sure to follow us on twitter @ foxnewssunday. anheck this out.

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>> we heard that vice-president biden blurted out his support for gay marriag ahead of the president . thank to saturday night live we can see. what is wrong? are you serious in do you really not get it?

>> is that something to do with the gay marriage thing? >> it is not fair, okay. i was the first one to said it to be legal and now you are getting all of the credit. >> that's not true. >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. really, why are you all dressed up? to a gala with lady gaga and elton john. >> you think that really happened. >> we'll never know. >> whaver. that's it for today. chris walce returns to the show . to all moms out there, mine especially have a happy mother's day and see you next "fox news sunday". ♪ "fox news sunday" is a presentation of fox news . 3&pdon't wait another dayyto

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